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Oct 2017

Jefferson Lab begins a new era of research upon completion of the 12 GeV Upgrade of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Nuclear physicists are now poised to embark on a new journey of discovery into the fundamental building blocks of the nucleus of the atom. The completion of the 12 GeV Upgrade Project of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) heralds this new era to image nuclei at their deepest level.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 6. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.

The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

Sep 2017

Ted Rogers will apply his 2017 DOE Early Career Award to extend the theory that enables more detailed understanding of quark movement in the proton.

One of the major challenges of exploring the inner space of the proton is figuring out how to study the behavior of objects that you can’t access directly. Now, Ted Rogers has received a 2017 Early Career Research Program award from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science to do just that.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Two researchers affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have received 2017 Early Career Research Program awards from the DOE’s Office of Science.

NEWPORT NEWS -- Each year Jefferson Lab holds a number of student field trip events dubbed Physics Fests. These two-hour programs help students learn a little about the types of experiments conducted at the lab and about some of the technologies used to carry out these experiments.

Aug 2017

Local Firm Recognized by Jefferson Science Associates and Jefferson Lab for Decades of Outstanding Customer Support

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Jefferson Science Associates, the operations and management contractor for the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, presented its fiscal year 2016 small business award to a small construction services firm from Hampton Roads.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 1. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.

The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

Priyashree Roy has been awarded the 2016 JSA Thesis Prize for experimental research on proton excited states.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – When it comes to laying bare the secrets of the proton, Priyashree Roy’s efforts at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have already contributed a whole swath of new information useful to researchers. Now, the thesis she wrote about her work has earned her the 2016 Jefferson Science Associates Thesis Prize.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Alexandra Cramer has always been interested in science. Growing up, her family took her to air shows, nature centers, and astronomy observation nights. “And they all appealed to me, especially the astronomy,” she commented.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.

The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

Raul Briceno presented with the Kenneth G. Wilson award for work in lattice QCD

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – You could say that exploring the underpinnings of our everyday world at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) really resonates with Raul Briceno. In fact, he has just been honored by his colleagues for his research on resonances in nuclear matter.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 7. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.

The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

Jun 2017

NEWPORT NEWS, VA - Jefferson Lab teamed up with Outreach Services of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (VSDB) and the Va. Dept. for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH) to conduct a series of informational and educational events across the Commonwealth for deaf and hard of hearing 4th-8th grade students and members of their families.

Washington, DC – Jefferson Sciences Associates announced today the award of eight JSA/Jefferson Lab graduate fellowships. The doctoral students will use the fellowships to support their advanced studies at their universities and conduct research at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) – a U.S. Department of Energy nuclear physics laboratory managed and operated by JSA, a joint venture between SURA and PAE Applied Technologies.

Award citation: The 2017 JSA Outstanding Nuclear Physicist Award is jointly awarded to Charles Perdrisat for his pioneering implementation of the polarization transfer technique to determine proton elastic form factors, and to Charles Sinclair for his crucial development of polarized electron beam technology, which made such measurements, and many others, possible.

The award will be presented to Perdrisat and Sinclair during a ceremony to be held at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) in Newport News, Virginia.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 2. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.

The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is accepting applications for its 2017-18 science enrichment program for fifth-, sixth- and eighth-grade teachers of science.

The after-school program is designed to increase teachers' knowledge of the physical sciences and to strengthen their teaching skills. It will run from September 2017 through May 2018 and is called Jefferson Lab Science Activities for Teachers, or JSAT.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Small business is the life blood of our economy and Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) has a long-standing commitment to small business utilization and mentoring small businesses. That commitment and the support JSA has provided to the small business community received national recognition at the 16th Annual DOE Small Business Forum and Expo held on May 16-18, 2017 hosted by the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization in Kansas City, Missouri.